Hog farm service offered by IPPA

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Mar 29, 2013 at 12:01 AMMar 29, 2013 at 11:31 AM

Members of the Illinois Pork Producers Association have a new membership benefit available to them: an environmental readiness and response service to assist in dealing with the various issues that confront their farms.

Members of the Illinois Pork Producers Association have a new membership benefit available to them: an environmental readiness and response service to assist in dealing with the various issues that confront their farms.

IPPA has retained the services of Ted Funk, a professional engineer and former University of Illinois faculty member, to visit individual farms at a member’s request. IPPA will share in the cost of this confidential professional service.

Assistance includes identifying areas of the farm facility or manure handling system that might be out of compliance with environmental regulations or updating a farm’s manure nutrient management plan. For more information, contact Jim Kaitschuk or Tim Maiers at (217) 529-3100 or visit www.ilpork.com.

Report predicts lower corn prices

The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri said favorable weather will boost corn production in the United States but will also likely drop corn prices to the $5 per bushel mark.

The projection assumes corn will be grown on 97 million acres across the country, which would be the second-highest acreage ever (2012 was the record in terms of acres).

Last year, the average yield was 123 bushels an acre because of extensive drought across much of the nation. An average yield (140 to 150 bushels an acre) would result in a record corn crop that would allow stocks to build but send prices lower, the report stated.

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